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Post by swaglious on Dec 31, 2013 20:46:16 GMT -5
Hello everybody. I am sorry for making this thread about myself but I have to ask a very serious question that might have some serious consequence for me...
I have noticed that I have negative karma points once again. I inactivated my first account with the same moniker because I literally had like -11 karma points after searching for the answers that I need.
I need to know seriously If I should just leave this site knowing that I won't get the support and potential assistance that I need once I have this surgery... I just feel that negative karma points do a lot of harm because it gives people impressions of me without knowing me or perhaps talked to me.
Your feedback is greatly appropriate and I hope to be able to give to this forum as well as receive.
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Post by bearmom on Dec 31, 2013 21:02:23 GMT -5
Karma doesn't matter. Just ask questions that you don't see obvious answers for, and don't worry about popularity contest stuff.
I go to many online places post op, and I just try to glean good information, and share when I can.
We can't and shouldn't please everyone else in the universe, so don't even try, and don't worry about irrelevant things.
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Post by swaglious on Dec 31, 2013 21:16:24 GMT -5
Karma doesn't matter. Just ask questions that you don't see obvious answers for, and don't worry about popularity contest stuff. I go to many online places post op, and I just try to glean good information, and share when I can. We can't and shouldn't please everyone else in the universe, so don't even try, and don't worry about irrelevant things. Thank you there is a lot of great people on this board that I have met. I jut wanted to make sure if I did ask a question with having the negative karma people wouldn't just write me off especially during a time I would really need help. |
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Post by PrettyGirlBounce on Dec 31, 2013 21:30:21 GMT -5
FWIW, if you (or anyone for that matter) post a question and I feel that I can provide knowledge and/or support, I will always do so.
To be honest, I never even pay attention to "karma" stuff unless it is brought up. I form my own opinions about people (online and in my "real" life) and that will never change.
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Post by swaglious on Dec 31, 2013 21:53:18 GMT -5
Thanks bounce for your support.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 22:07:44 GMT -5
Who gives a shit really. It is so highschool. I for one think it detracts from this board.
We are such a diverse group you just can not make everyone happy nor like you. Who cares if you are controversial or ruffing feathers....
Be who you are and say what you mean. 'cause those who mind do not matter and those who matter wont mind. or something like that...
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Post by CVHarris on Dec 31, 2013 22:11:31 GMT -5
Swag,
dont worry about Karma worry about getting the information you need. NO ONE will be like by, everyone unless they just tell everybody what they want to hear. The minute you say something that some one else doesn't like they will get you. Your not here to make every one love you. In the last 3 days I got like 6 negative Karma. It can make you feel bad but you just get the info you need and help when you can and keep it moving. When people see it doesn't get you they will move on to someone else.
I think NYB SAID IT THE OTHER DAY. SHE has negative karma in the 20s. She doesn't care she is here to give back and get help if needed. Now don't intentionally piss people off but don't keep running away STAY and get what you need. You can't run every time the going gets tough. Because every time you come back you will loose more and more people who were trying to help you but believe you are not serious because you keep leaving.
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Post by kennyk on Dec 31, 2013 22:42:51 GMT -5
I have not posted or pm'd you since you are back.
After our last discussion I decided I would pretty much only interact if I really had something to add.
Here is one time that I will let t go and add my 2¢.
This is not a popularity contest this is not to make friends. If you do great. If you have a personality disorder that keeps that from happening, so be it.
It is about our evolving online instruction manual that our surgeons were ill prepared to provide us with. We do not all need to like each other but we all need to support one another and help keep each other alive.
Kenny
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Post by indianamom on Dec 31, 2013 22:50:28 GMT -5
Okay, I'm obtuse (obese and obtuse... Oh my...  ). What does a karma rating have to do with WLS support and advice? I see the karma counter on the left side, but honestly I never paid any attention to it. I looked at the TOS and scanned it - maybe I missed something but I did not see anything about it. From what I can piece together it sounds like a popularity contest of sorts. Maybe I'm missing something. Please advise. |
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Post by swaglious on Dec 31, 2013 23:07:50 GMT -5
For me it is all about getting answers and support from people with knowledge that have been down the road. So Thanks this is reassuring to me should I have a question I feel that I would get some respect and answers.
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Post by swaglious on Dec 31, 2013 23:09:57 GMT -5
I have not posted or pm'd you since you are back. After our last discussion I decided I would pretty much only interact if I really had something to add. Here is one time that I will let t go and add my 2¢. This is not a popularity contest this is not to make friends. If you do great. If you have a personality disorder that keeps that from happening, so be it. It is about our evolving online instruction manual that our surgeons were ill prepared to provide us with. We do not all need to like each other but we all need to support one another and help keep each other alive. Kenny Totally agreement Kenny! Thanks |
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Post by goodkel on Dec 31, 2013 23:11:52 GMT -5
Hello everybody. I am sorry for making this thread about myself but I have to ask a very serious question that might have some serious consequence for me... I have noticed that I have negative karma points once again. I inactivated my first account with the same moniker because I literally had like -11 karma points after searching for the answers that I need. I need to know seriously If I should just leave this site knowing that I won't get the support and potential assistance that I need once I have this surgery... I just feel that negative karma points do a lot of harm because it gives people impressions of me without knowing me or perhaps talked to me. Your feedback is greatly appropriate and I hope to be able to give to this forum as well as receive. Don't worry about it. I just exalted you. I'm not too fond of it either. Some people have abused it. Probably sometime on Jan. 2, this board will go through the V5 upgrade. I haven't been given an exact time, yet. But, I will not be including the Karma feature. I will replace it with a "like" button. Everyone's board karma will disappear.  |
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Post by CVHarris on Dec 31, 2013 23:14:48 GMT -5
Kel,
my smite/karma options are already gone. Maybe its, just a glich
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Post by swaglious on Dec 31, 2013 23:17:57 GMT -5
Thanks everybody I think we can put this thread to bed and get back to learning and helping others.
Think again
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 23:21:11 GMT -5
Is there any chance that the Ignore button could be upgraded to work more like a FB block?
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Post by deedee484 on Dec 31, 2013 23:26:03 GMT -5
Great GoodKel!! Swag.....problem will be solved!  good luck! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 23:58:59 GMT -5
Hello everybody. I am sorry for making this thread about myself but I have to ask a very serious question that might have some serious consequence for me... I have noticed that I have negative karma points once again. I inactivated my first account with the same moniker because I literally had like -11 karma points after searching for the answers that I need. I need to know seriously If I should just leave this site knowing that I won't get the support and potential assistance that I need once I have this surgery... I just feel that negative karma points do a lot of harm because it gives people impressions of me without knowing me or perhaps talked to me. Your feedback is greatly appropriate and I hope to be able to give to this forum as well as receive. Don't worry about it. I just exalted you. I'm not too fond of it either. Some people have abused it. Probably sometime on Jan. 2, this board will go through the V5 upgrade. I haven't been given an exact time, yet. But, I will not be including the Karma feature. I will replace it with a "like" button. Everyone's board karma will disappear. Awesome...I post on another proboards site (just a fun site where a bunch of us sports geeks who used to post on a sports board, went and started our own). It was upgraded a year ago and there is a like button, as well as notifications to let you know if somebody responded or liked a post. The newer version of that board is 100 times better than the old version of that board. Hope this one is the same. |
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Post by kennyk on Jan 1, 2014 0:12:18 GMT -5
I like this version, but glad for a like button!
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Post by PrettyGirlBounce on Jan 1, 2014 0:14:54 GMT -5
Don't worry about it. I just exalted you. I'm not too fond of it either. Some people have abused it. Probably sometime on Jan. 2, this board will go through the V5 upgrade. I haven't been given an exact time, yet. But, I will not be including the Karma feature. I will replace it with a "like" button. Everyone's board karma will disappear. Awesome...I post on another proboards site (just a fun site where a bunch of us sports geeks who used to post on a sports board, went and started our own). It was upgraded a year ago and there is a like button, as well as notifications to let you know if somebody responded or liked a post. The newer version of that board is 100 times better than the old version of that board. Hope this one is the same. Sounds great! I like those changes...hopefully Kel can set that up here too! Kel - Thank you for all of the time you put into this.! |
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Post by goodkel on Jan 1, 2014 0:29:11 GMT -5
Kel, my smite/karma options are already gone. Maybe its, just a glich You can only use it once an hour and it disappears for an hour after you have used it. Or it could very well be a glitch. Odd things have been happening since they started gearing up for the upgrade. |
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Post by kennyk on Jan 1, 2014 0:31:44 GMT -5
I hope the new version is way more upload friendly with my iPad and iPhone!
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Post by goodkel on Jan 1, 2014 0:47:07 GMT -5
Don't worry about it. I just exalted you. I'm not too fond of it either. Some people have abused it. Probably sometime on Jan. 2, this board will go through the V5 upgrade. I haven't been given an exact time, yet. But, I will not be including the Karma feature. I will replace it with a "like" button. Everyone's board karma will disappear. Awesome...I post on another proboards site (just a fun site where a bunch of us sports geeks who used to post on a sports board, went and started our own). It was upgraded a year ago and there is a like button, as well as notifications to let you know if somebody responded or liked a post. The newer version of that board is 100 times better than the old version of that board. Hope this one is the same. I was a beta tester of V5 and we have too many customizations for it to flow smoothly. So, I opted out for the early upgrade to give me time to work a few things out. To figure things out. Just this week I began work on the appearance: banner, gradients etc. on the test board I created for this for this place. It is an exact replica and I am pleased by many things. I am glad that you like the changes. *knock wood* that you'll like them here, too. |
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Post by PrettyGirlBounce on Jan 1, 2014 0:51:42 GMT -5
Kel, my smite/karma options are already gone. Maybe its, just a glich You can only use it once an hour and it disappears for an hour after you have used it. Or it could very well be a glitch. Odd things have been happening since they started gearing up for the upgrade. CV don't get trigger happy over there...once per hour! Lol jk |
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Post by goodkel on Jan 1, 2014 1:02:13 GMT -5
Is there any chance that the Ignore button could be upgraded to work more like a FB block? What I have been trying to get is an ignore/block feature that I, as admin, could put on accounts. For the people who really need to block someone, but won't. I will do what I can. I use the FB block myself and it works. There is a whole new world of possibilities to discover for the board. Programmers are writing new code for it as I type this. Every time I go back there, there are new codes. What shows up immediately after the upgrade will not be the final product. |
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Post by goodkel on Jan 1, 2014 1:08:07 GMT -5
I hope the new version is way more upload friendly with my iPad and iPhone! Since I have neither, I anoint you the beta tester of that. But, let me know if there are problems and I'll do what I can. I will probably start a thread for this sort of thing once the new version is up. |
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Post by CVHarris on Jan 1, 2014 1:08:54 GMT -5
Darn it I was just going to exalt everyone. No but it still not back. I guess I will reboot. Heck with these claws maybe I did exaltvor smite someone. Lol
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Post by goodkel on Jan 1, 2014 1:20:30 GMT -5
Thanks everybody I think we can put this thread to bed and get back to learning and helping others. Think again This is the kind of post that garners negative karma. You can not tell people when the conversation is over. This is a discussion forum and conversation flows as it will. We are not locked into the idea of threads staying strictly on topic. It is not a good idea or polite to completely change the subject in midstream, but this is a discussion and it takes its own course. |
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Post by goodkel on Jan 1, 2014 1:25:02 GMT -5
I like this version, but glad for a like button! I became comfortable with this version, too. But, it is not a choice. And the upgrade/V5 has much to offer, too. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 1:26:50 GMT -5
Goodkel - I really appreciate your answer to my question. Thank you.
This might be silly to others, but you know what I do like? It makes me smile when I log in and it says I'm awesome. LOL On my worst post op days when I drug my sorry, battered self over here to read, that made my day.
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Post by kennyk on Jan 1, 2014 1:35:03 GMT -5
PS, even if the new new version does not tell you...
YOU ARE AWESOME, and getting better every day!
Have an almost last EXALT on me!
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good luck!
